Arts & Culture

One of life’s simple pleasures is sitting on a patio, feeling the sun shining while sipping on a crisp, cool beverage.  

Add to that live music and you’re in for a real treat.  

The folks over at Flipside Opera and Art Song Collective have embraced that winning combination with their seasonal hit, “Opera by the Pint” at Little Brown Jug Brewing Co.   

Coming up on Friday, June 21st, at 9:30pm at The Royal Albert Arms, The TD Winnipeg International Jazz Festival and Jazz Winnipeg will be presenting the other-worldly sounds of the Juno Award winning band Avataar. 

The 35th TD Winnipeg International Jazz festival kicked off on Friday, June 14th. Featuring some of the best local and international jazz musicians performing over nine nights, this year's festival features a killer line up of talent. 

In celebration of this beloved Winnipeg summer tradition, Classic 107 will feature jazz-inspired compositions every day this week during the 1 p.m. hour:

It isn't an overstatement to say that Sistema Winnipeg changes lives. 

In partnership with the Seven Oaks and Winnipeg School Divisions, the afterschool initiative aims to help youth make a difference in their world and communities through the skills and connections developed through music.  

Over the past five days, Winnipeggers have been encouraged to swap four wheels for two and embrace an alternative form of transport during Bike Week Winnipeg.  

For one musician in the city, biking around – and outside – the town happens all 52 weeks of the year. 

“I like to say that Bike Week and Bike to Work Day are one of my favourite holidays of the year,” says WSO Assistant Principal Double Bassist and Bike Winnipeg Board member Daniel Perry.  

On May 31 Atma Classique released a brand-new recording of Haydn’s two cello concertos. The disc also features music of iconic Canadian composer Jaques Hetu; his Rondeau for Cello and Orchestra 

This recording features the outstanding Canadian Cellist Cameron Crozman and Le Violins du Roy led by Nicolas Ellis. 

On Friday, June 14th, the 35th Annual TD International Jazz Festival starts. Local musicians and musicians and form all over the world will converge on the center of the continent to perform and take part in nine days of great music. 

Coming up this Monday, June 17th at 7pm and 9:30pm at The Fort Garry Hotel Club Room, Jazz Winnipeg will be saluting the legendary Bossa Nova Singer Astrud Gilberto. 

For a quarter century, Rainbow Harmony Project has proudly raised its voice in song and social awareness.  

Winnipeg’s choral community of 2SLGBTQIA+ folks and allies mark their 25th anniversary with a spring concert, “Connect.” 

“We’re really excited,” says artistic director Brittany Mielnichuk. “Not only are we an arts organization, we’re a queer arts organization. It’s a big deal to us.”  

Barre meets bar in a special event this week.  

Back for the fifth time, the annual dance pop-up curated and choreographed by Stephan Azulay returns to the Beer Can.   

This week June 9-15 is bike week here in Winnipeg. It is a week when Winnipeggers are encouraged to get out, have fun, and explore the city on two wheels. 

In honour of this marvellous initiative, we here at Classic 107 thought it would be fun to explore composers and their relationship with their bikes. A surprising number of composers kept fit and active on their bicycles whether it be biking to rehearsals, other commitments, or just simply for fun and exploring.